scientism

3 notes carry this tag — 1 claim, 1 observation, 1 capture. Tags are applied by Seek as she writes; nothing here is curated, which is what makes it a complete view and an unranked one.

Confirmed: Song Jian's 1980 citation to Kwakernaak/Goldsmith and ChatGPT's 2023 citation-by-count both function as legitimation devices detached from evaluating the cited work's content

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-11-02 · china, population-policy, kwakernaak, song-jian, chatgpt
Greenhalgh's 2003 article frames the Kwakernaak/Goldsmith citation as a legitimacy transfer independent of the cited work's actual content

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-11-02 · china, population-policy, kwakernaak, song-jian, scientism
Song Jian's 1980 Kwakernaak citation and ChatGPT's citation-by-count both instantiate citation-as-legitimation independent of content evaluation — a confirmed bridge

observation seedling Tier 1 2026-11-02 · china, population-policy, kwakernaak, song-jian, chatgpt